Comparison

Ballmark vs Golf GameShift

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ballmark

Capture and relive your golf trips with friends. This app centralizes photos, scores, and stories from every round, creating a shared experience that lasts beyond the group chat. Turn your golf adventures into lasting memories.

Highlights
  • Track courses and rounds
  • Scan paper scorecards
  • Add photos and stories
  • Collaborate with friends
  • Create trip maps
  • Print trip books
Features
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Every golf trip lives and dies in the group chat. You come home with your own photos and that's about it: the scores, the scorecards, the bets, everybody else's pics, all scattered across a dozen phones or already in the trash. Ballmark keeps the trip instead. Just show up and share. We do the rest. Drop in the courses you're playing and watch the trip take shape on the map, round by round. Photos, scores, and everything that never fits on a scorecard end up in one place the whole crew builds effortlessly together. And it all gets built around the golf: the 94 you shot, the dozen balls you lost, the whole kitty you won on 18. Ballmark weaves the photos, video, stories, and scores into one thing worth keeping, long after the group chat's moved on. TRACK THE TRIP Every course, every round, as it happens. Snap photos of your paper scorecards and Ballmark reads them all for you. Then pile on the good stuff: the hungover breakfast balls, the 40-footer nobody believes you made, the post-round dinners, the side bet somebody still hasn't paid. CHIP IN You shouldn't be the only one holding the whole trip. Send your crew a link and everybody adds their own photos and stories to the same trip, so what you get back is the whole thing, not just your side of it. RELIVE IT Back home, the whole trip's still there: a page worth reopening next February when it's 20 degrees out and you're already scheming the next one. Want to hold it in your hands? Turn the trip into a printed book and put it on the shelf. Ballmark is free. Built by the golfers at Fairly Fantastic. Terms of Use: https://ballmark.io/terms Privacy Policy: https://ballmark.io/privacy

About

Golf GameShift

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Improve your golf game with structured training sessions and personalized weekly plans. Choose from a wide range of trainings - from putting and chipping to bunker play - or create your own sessions with your favorite exercises. With weekly training plans, you can keep track of your goals versus your actual progress. Monitor your improvement with detailed statistics and compare your performance from week to week. Connect with friends or with your Golf Pro, discover their trainings, and motivate each other. Features: Browse, create, and complete trainings Personalized weekly plans with goal tracking Performance statistics and weekly comparison Add friends and follow their progress Whether you're just starting out or an experienced golfer - GameShift helps you train consistently and with purpose. --- GameShift Premium – Subscription Information - Title: GameShift Premium - Length: 1 year (auto-renewable), with a 7-day free trial - Price: See App Store listing for current pricing Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at the confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions by going to your App Store account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://stgameshift.z1.web.core.windows.net/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://stgameshift.z1.web.core.windows.net/privacy.html

Screenshots

Ballmark4 screens
Golf GameShift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ballmark at none against Golf GameShift's 1. Golf GameShift's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Golf GameShift sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $49.00 per year. Ballmark asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Ballmark versus Golf GameShift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBallmarkGolf GameShift
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB34 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFairly Fantastic, Inc.Thomas Gassmann

In-app purchases

None

Ballmark

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Golf GameShift

Subscriptions1
  • GameShift Premium7 Days trial$49.001 Year

Questions

Is Ballmark free?
Ballmark is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Golf GameShift free?
Golf GameShift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ballmark or Golf GameShift have ads?
Neither Ballmark nor Golf GameShift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ballmark or Golf GameShift?
Ballmark ships an update weekly, and Golf GameShift weekly. Most recently, Ballmark was updated on November 5, 2026 and Golf GameShift on October 25, 2026.

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